<div dir="ltr">I've just submitted a core patch that should facilitate Theme display of the blog posts index as the site front page for Themes that define custom static front page content using front-page.php:<div style>
<a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/23669">http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/23669</a><br></div><div style><br></div><div style>Essentially, if approved, this patch would modify the template hierarchy slightly, such that the site front page would use home.php if 'posts' == get_option( 'show_on_front' ), and would only use front-page.php if 'page' == get_option( 'show_on_front' ).</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Comments/criticism/other feedback welcome!</div></div>